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Originally Posted by distortia
Hi atm i have a built in 5.1 onto motherboard, i know its realtek HD if i bought a sound card will i really hear an improvement? i was thinking of buying the CREATIVE - XFI XTREME GAMER FATALITY PRO or shall i just keep the realtek 5.1 built into motherboard
Thanks
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Realtek is very poor sound compared to an XFi. Plus it is software driven. It uses the cpu to do the work.
Good speakers or not. Go for it. You will definately hear the difference.
Even the Audigy right back to the first version wipes the floor with realtek onboard.
If you're thinking of Vista, then check out the creative forums etc for what's happening on the driver front. (M$ crippled gaming)
Creative is the gamers choice. Serious music production sees M-Audio a lot, but it's also in the realm of the creative card, should you want it.
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